Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hookey"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hooky \Hook"y\, n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf. {Hook}, v. t.,
3.]
A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run
away, to play truant.
This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and ``hooky,''
and marbles, was all moonshine. --F. Hopkinson
Smith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hockey \Hock"ey\, n. [From {Hook}, n.]
1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks
curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small
object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and
{hawkey}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hookey \Hook"ey\, n.
See {Hockey}.
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